Lorraine McIntosh

Lorraine McIntosh is a Scottish singer and actress. Alongside her husband Ricky Ross, she is one of the vocalists of the pop rock band Deacon Blue.

Career

McIntosh is a vocalist with Deacon Blue, whose second studio album, When the World Knows Your Name, topped the UK Albums Chart for two weeks, and included "Real Gone Kid", which became their first UK top ten single.
McIntosh took a break from music to play the character Alice Henderson in the Scottish soap opera River City, which was set in a fictitious suburb of Glasgow. Her character first appeared in 2002 and was written out during May 2010. McIntosh has also appeared in a few Scottish films, including Ken Loach's My Name Is Joe, and Lone Scherfig's Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself, as well as in three episodes of the TV police-drama series Taggart. She also starred in BBC One's comedy-drama Hope Springs.
In November 2024, Abertay University honoured McIntosh with an honorary Doctor of Arts degree.

Personal life

McIntosh married Deacon Blue lead singer Ricky Ross on 12 May 1990, and they have four children.
She is of maternal Irish Catholic descent: her mother, Sarah McIntosh, was from the townland of Dore in Gweedore, a district in the north-west of County Donegal in Ulster.

Discography

Raintown When the World Knows Your Name Fellow Hoodlums Whatever You Say, Say Nothing Walking Back Home Homesick The Hipsters A New House Believers City of Love Riding on the Tide of Love

''The Great Western Road''

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	Screen Two	Deacon Blue - Girl in Graveyard	Series 7, Episode 10: "Dreaming"
1999	Psychos	Carrie Burns	Mini-series, Episode 5
1999	Life Support	Bethan Gilchrist	Episode 3: "The Price of Love" and Episode 5: "Soul and Conscience"
1999 2003 2008	Taggart	Cocktail Waitress Brenda Johnstone Sharon Nash	Series 15, Episode 4: "Long Time Dead" Series 19, Episode 6: "Halfway House" Series 24, Episode 7: "Safer"
2002	Fran's People	Janis Dunlop	Series 1, Episode 2
2002–2023	River City	Alice Henderson	4 episodes
2009	Hope Springs	Ina Harries	7 episodes
2009	Happy Hollidays	Rosalind	Episode 5: "Donkey"
2017	Scot Squad	Barbara Edwards	Series 4, Episode 2
2020	Outlander	Mrs. Sylvie	Series 5, Episode 10: "Mercy Shall Follow Me"
2021	Princess Mirror-Belle	Ruth	Episode 3: "Big Bad Wolf"
2023	Shetland	Heather Bain	Series 8, 2 episodes